I know the extent of your powers, Princess Ozma of Oz, and I know that I am more powerful than you are.

To prove it I shall keep you and your companion prisoners in this mountain until after we have fought and conquered the Skeezers.

Then, if you promise to be good, I may let you go home again." Dorothy was amazed by this effrontery and defiance of the beautiful girl Ruler of Oz, whom all until now had obeyed without question.

But Ozma, still unruffled and dignified, looked at the Su-dic and said: "You did not mean that.

You are angry and speak unwisely, without reflection.